Obama gave no indication when that retaliation might occur—he has only five weeks remaining in office—or what form it might take, pending the outcomes of "a whole range of assessments taking place among the agencies."

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An APT group based in China, code-named Suckfly, has been concealing its nefarious activity over the past two years by stealing code-signing certificates and applying them to malware and hack tools to make them look legitimate.

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